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Strolling a beautiful garden near my home for the first time this Spring, my soul searching for beauty like medicine. Needing the affirmation that God is still at work in the growing things to build my hope.

here is a little glimpse I tried to capture

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  • rachel denbow - These are beautiful! I love the cross-processing on some of them…I’m just learning how to do it and I’m hooked!
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  • Mila - absolutely gorgeous!
    i also have this magnolia tree in my garden, but the flowers aren’t there yet, but they almost are. <3
    thanks for inspiring, dear.
    mila
    x.
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  • lianna - How pretty!!! Are those first pics cherry blossoms??? Love it!
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  • Sharon - I dont think so – but Im not really sure what any of them are… I just think they are pretty:)
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Love this little guy, his long legs and chuckies 

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  • Rocio - What a fun entry!
    awesome angle!!
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  • BE~Photography Blog - Welcome to the i heart faces community! Fun angle!! Great shoes!
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  • Krispix - super angle! love the chuck taylor’s!!! cute.
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  • wayoutnumbered - That’s the coolest!! Great shot!! You’ll have fun in these challenges~
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  • Sharon - wow this IS fun – thnx! i luv input from other artists:)
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  • April - I love this post!!! Coming at it from this angle is just perfect!
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  • kellie - so great!! love the angle and the shoes! 🙂
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  • Lynn - Nice angle – that’s what makes all those pictures we take of our kids to much more interesting instead of just another cute face. After all don’t they all have cute faces. Great photo. and I love his shoes – I used to have a pair in that color.
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  • Michelle - What a creative idea! I love the shot. Although, he looks a bit irritated… do you take tons of pics to the point of irritation? I do that for sure!
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  • Sharon - they do sometimes get frustrated with all the pics I take – whats a mom to do? but this time he was worn out from a big day and had sprawled out like that on his own and just layed there telling me how tired he was while i took pics from every angle:)
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  • JAMIE - I REALLY LOVE IT..GREAT SHOT!~
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  • Debra Heschl - what a fun photo..great pic:)
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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. via SouleMama

Boys drawing

 A perfect, quiet morning moment.., my boys happily painting!

 One dressed as Max (Where the Wild Things Are) one dressed as Superman – which is of course necessary when creating a masterpiece, maybe I need to dress up before I paint to get the creative juices flowing:) 


Green princes

Today some wonderful friends held a lovely party inspired by knights, princesses and general fairytale happiness. Girls climbed the monkey bars in snow white dresses, while little boys had sword fights in the park. There were royal cupcakes and treasures fit for a king and queen, complete with little froggy princes and princesses in a fitting green hue for St Patrick's Day. My boys were all business when it came to eating frogs:)

A perfect day filled with children running free with each other and their imaginations, and drawing us into their magic… 


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  • My Two Seasons - Your vintage processing is beautiful! I love the masculine feel with the photos of your boy. And your flower photo is gorgeous! The processing is just perfect for it!
    I’m so glad you enjoyed my tutorial!
    Michelle
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  • Michelle @ One Crafty Mama - I love the vintage process on this shot. Great angle too. 🙂
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 Art makes life beautiful and pain bearable. God, our creator gives us His truth and the ability to create in order to sustain us and make sense of the unexplainable. 

Thank you Lisa and Angie for creating a way for mothers to carry the babies they can no longer hold…marked by love, audrey's necklace. I love that it has weight and holds body heat, reminding you of the child held by God that you still long to hold - Here is a poem that carried me when I thought could no longer stand…

"I stood a beggar of God before His royal throne

And begged him for one priceless gift, which I could call my own.
I took the gift from out His hand, but as I would depart I cried,
‘But Lord this is a thorn and it has pierced my heart.
This is a strange and hurtful gift which Thou hast given me.
He said, ‘My child, I give good gifts and gave My best to thee.
I took it home and though at first the cruel thorn hurt sore,
As long years passed I learned at last to love it more and more.
I learned He never gives a thorn without this added grace,
He takes the thorn to pin aside the veil which hides His face.”
-Martha Snell Nicholson


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  • Emily Vahle - Sharon, I have sat here in the wee hours of this morning, way before the sun comes creeping over the horizon, and I am touched. I am touched by your story here, by the way you are able to transfer your heart through your words. I sit here with my 3 precious boys surrounding me and I’m grateful. Your loss brings tears to my eyes and I cannot imagine such grief. Your story speaks to me to remind me of how precious these children we raise are and how God makes no mistakes. That is not always easy to say, I imagine you know that better than most. God has a plan, a plan we cannot imagine or even understand at times, and we fit into that plan the way He wants us to. As lowly humans, we only want our plan to be His plan, but we are generally reminded fairly quickly that that is usually not the case, and we try to adjust and grow and trust Him to be God. I thank you for sharing all of this. It could not have been easy. They say God only gives us what we can handle, and you have shown that that continues to be true. You have been blessed and I know by reading all of these posts that God has shown you how to learn from this and He has clearly used this situation to teach you things and help you grow. Perhaps that was His reason. I just wanted to tell you that as I sit here this morning with my 3 boys, you have touched me and taught me through your grief. I only hope to know how to be half as strong as you if ever I encounter something so raw as this. God be with you and your husband and 4 precious boys.ReplyCancel

    • Sharon - Thank you so much Emily for your kind words. God has definitely taught us so much through this path He has had us walk. Life in this broken world can hurt so bad but He is so good.
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